Greetings, welcome to my homepage:
 I am a research associate at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado. I am a co-investigator with the Ultraviolet Rocket Group and a member of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) team at CU. COS is a 4th generation Hubble Space Telescope instrument, installed in May 2009.
My present research interests include:

  • The atmospheres of extrasolar giant planets and brown dwarfs
  • Observational studies of the dense, diffuse, photodissociated, and shocked phases of the interstellar medium from ultraviolet to submillimeter wavelengths
  • The properties of dust and molecular hydrogen in emission/ reflection/ planetary/ circumstellar nebulae
  • Development and flight testing of instrumentation for ultraviolet astronomy

    My office is in the Astrophysics Research Laboratory, Rm 106, (303) 492-1429, kevinf "at" colorado.edu.

    Website Table of Contents:

  • CV

  • Publications

  • Useful links

  • Kevin's Pictures, Sounds, etc.

    Website Pictures du Jour:
    IGwAD's drum kit miked up at The Bunker, where they recorded tracks for "Walking Into Windows" and "General Tso's Combo".

    Need to find something? Ask the Scary Pumpkins!

    Scary Pumpkins
    Scary pumpkins, Hampden, October 2002.

    Boulder Local Time: Clock requires Netscape
    (US Naval Observatory Master Clock; requires Netscape or Firefox to view, and often seems to be on East Coast Time...)
    Banner photo: Mount Chapin (12,454'), Mount Chiquita (13,069'), and Ypsilon Mountain (13,514') in Rocky Mountain National Park. Picture from Deer Mountain (10,013'), March 2009.

    Kevin France, Ph.D.
    CASA - University of Colorado
    Astrophysics Research Laboratoy
    593 UCB
    Boulder, CO 80309
    USA

    Phone: 303-492-1429
    Fax: 303-492-5941
    This page was created on 10/27/2000 (Kevin France; JHU)